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Re: A further reason for traditional Navigation - GPS interference
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2003 Jan 5, 21:43 +0000
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2003 Jan 5, 21:43 +0000
Aubrey O'callaghan quoted the following news item- >"FAULTY GPS? CHECK THE TV AERIAL! THE next time a ship runs onto the >Tricolor wreck it may worth checking whether anybody was watching >television at the time. US Coast Guard is warning that certain marine >television antennas may interfere with the performance of Global >Positioning System receivers. What may be more of a problem in the interference of television with navigation, is when the watch officer is watching television rather than looking out of the bridge window. George Huxtable.
